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Phenotypic characterization of cognition and social behavior in mice with heterozygous versus homozygous deletion of catechol-O-methyltransferase.
Neuroscience - 9 Sept 2008
Babovic D, O'Tuathaigh C M, O'Connor A M, O'Sullivan G J, Tighe O, Croke D T, Karayiorgou M, Gogos J A, Cotter D, Waddington J L
Abstract excerpt
Catechol-O-methyltransferase is an important enzyme in the metabolism of dopamine and an important regulator of aspects of dopamine-dependent working memory in prefrontal cortex that are disturbed in schizophrenia. This study investigated the phenotype of mice with heterozygous deletion vs. homoz...
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